![]() But Kendrick is not a singles artist, and we should have known that we were witnessing a pre-emptive victory lap. Perhaps this wouldn't be the life-long classic that the rap media was so desperate to declare it. Surfacing as it did - prior to the album's release - the grand baton passing between Dre and Kendrick was a sobering anti-climax, bogged down by the occasion itself and not playing to the strengths of either artist. In fact, as a standalone song 'Compton' is lightweight divorced of its context, there is little hiding beneath the gloss of Just Blaze's triumphant horns and clattering percussion. "Compton, Compton…Ain't no city quite like mine." Like many of the lyrics that constitute Kendrick Lamar's much-lauded good kid, m.A.A.d city¸ this hook seems throwaway at first glance.
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